So ill give some details and pictures. Used to use Fritz mixed up super clean / clear but left a bunch of crud in the container. So on my new build I decided to switch. I used Leftover fritz, Salinity and Brightwell most of the salt that filled the tank was brightwell. I didnt have my second mixing barrel at the time so just did 5g buckets. Well the water ended up murky definitely not clear.
So i got my 2nd mixing barrel and after talking with some people locally i decided to try Aquaforest. I had a full 140g of RO and put some salt in and all looked clear. So normally when i mixed fritz i would just turn on the recirculating pump and dump cups of salt in. Here i turned on the pump and dumped like 5 cumps out of a pitcher but slowly not just dumping it in. Well the water was definitely not clear.
This is after 8hrs of mixing and being at roughly 75° +
This is after cutting my down pipe, someone said that was the issue bc it was not mixing properly. This is roughly 12+ hrs of mixing total.
Here it is in my display tank last night
Here is my display this morning.
I did roughly 35% water change.
So my question is ... my recirculating pump is 600gph ... is that enough? Do i need a bigger pump? Why is this happening? And what can i do to avoid this? My barrels before where 35g so trying to figure out what im doing wrong... any help is appreciated.
So i got my 2nd mixing barrel and after talking with some people locally i decided to try Aquaforest. I had a full 140g of RO and put some salt in and all looked clear. So normally when i mixed fritz i would just turn on the recirculating pump and dump cups of salt in. Here i turned on the pump and dumped like 5 cumps out of a pitcher but slowly not just dumping it in. Well the water was definitely not clear.
This is after 8hrs of mixing and being at roughly 75° +
This is after cutting my down pipe, someone said that was the issue bc it was not mixing properly. This is roughly 12+ hrs of mixing total.
Here it is in my display tank last night
Here is my display this morning.
I did roughly 35% water change.
So my question is ... my recirculating pump is 600gph ... is that enough? Do i need a bigger pump? Why is this happening? And what can i do to avoid this? My barrels before where 35g so trying to figure out what im doing wrong... any help is appreciated.
